Referencing today
TrustRent
What it looks at
A credit file, payslips, and an employer call — a snapshot of finances, nothing about renting.
Real rental conduct: rent paid on time, inventory inspection reports, tenancies completed.
Who vouches for it
A previous landlord's phone number the applicant chose to give — impossible to verify.
Both parties confirm every event at the time it happens. History can't be invented later.
Documents handed over
Payslips, bank statements, and ID emailed to a different agency for every application.
None. One share link shows a score band and pass/fail factors — nothing else.
Cost per application
A fresh referencing fee for every applicant, at every property, every time.
One pass covers the tenant/landlord's whole search.
Reusable
No — the result belongs to the agency, and the next application starts from zero.
Yes — the score is yours, keeps building, and one link works for every application.
The landlord's side
Unchecked. Tenants commit a year of their life to someone with no record at all.
Landlords build a verified record too — repairs handled, deposits returned fairly.
Moving to another country
Every country keeps its own records and references — and a newcomer holds none of them. Whatever your history, you arrive as a blank file.
Your score is built solely on your tenancies — the basic, crucial facts of renting that matter everywhere — and it's available across the UK and most EU countries.
To be clear about what stays: legal checks such as Right to Rent and identity verification still belong to the landlord. TrustRent replaces the paper chase — not the law.